Arrowhead Stadium Possibly to Blame for Chiefs' Drop Issues
By Joe Summers
Kansas City's issues at wide receiver have been the story of the season and there's one under-the-radar factor that could be to blame.
From Kadarius Toney's five drops in Week 1 to Marquez Valdes-Scantling's poetic drop to help lose against the Eagles on Monday Night Football, Chiefs' receivers have struggled to catch passes.
Those struggles seem amplified this year, though Kansas City has an unusual number of primetime night games at home. As it turns out, GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium could be the culprit.
Shocking Stat Blames Arrowhead Stadium for Chiefs' Drops
This is neat from @DataWithBliss -- the dropped pass rate at night at Arrowhead is the only stadium/game time combination in the NFL over 10%@cheetah was right -- it's hard to catch in Kansas City at night
— Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) November 29, 2023
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In a fascinating, unique piece of research, receivers in general drop passes during night games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium at an alarmingly high rate.
Notably, it's the biggest change in drop rate between day and night games of any stadium in the NFL. I don't know why receivers are dropping passes at such a discernable rate, but it's significant nonetheless.
Drops crushed the Chiefs in home night games against both the Lions and Eagles, while the receivers struggled against the Broncos as well.
The Chiefs do not have a regular season night game at home for the remainder of the year, though we'll see what the playoff schedule looks like.
For now, perhaps we're all being a bit too harsh on Kansas City's receivers.
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